harmony

Syllables: har·mon·yUK/ˈhɑːmə.ni//ˈhɑ̟ɹ.mə.ni/

harmony noun: agreement or accord.

Noun

harmony (countable and uncountable, plural harmonies)

Agreement or accord.
- December 4 2010, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry", in Newsweek
  America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead.
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
The academic study of chords.
Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
- I did not know anything more about music,only about finger exercises, difficult tasks, contradictions in the theory of harmony, and tedious piano lessons from a sarcastic teacher who saw in my […]2012 December 21, Hermann Hesse, Gertrude: A Novel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, →OCLC
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
- a harmony of the Gospels

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Harmony

Harmony

A female given name from Latin.
- Following this formula, Harmony Hammond chose an exhibition of her dark, potent, meaning-layered paintings to be complemented by the work of Haleh Niazmand.2005 April 13, “SFR PICKS; ARTS AND CULTURE; Everything worth seeing, reading, hearing, eating & thinking about in Santa Fe”, in Santa Fe Reporter
- Growing up in a family that included 12 brothers and sisters, Harmony James needed to find something that set her apart from the crowd. And boy did she succeed in that one.2009, Ana Vlastaras, "'Raw' talent of Harmony James", Daily Examiner (Grafton, New South Wales), 19 November 2009
A male given name from Latin.
- In other transfer news, Betar Jerusalem added Eran Levy, Haim Megrelashvili and Nigerian Harmony Ikande to its squad on Tuesday.2012 January 31, Allon Sinai, “Tamuz changes mind, remains with Reds”, in The Jerusalem Post
- Indie filmmaker Harmony Korine is no stranger to the weird. He's built an outsider-cool reputation thanks to his early script for the '90s drama "Kids" and his later increasingly bizarre films "Gummo" (about trailer park Americana), […]2012 May 3, Romeo San Vincente, “Brittany S. Pierce meets Harmony Korine”, in Between the Lines
A community in Rocky View County, Alberta.
A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
A hamlet in Perth South, Perth County, Ontario.
A community in North Dundas, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario.
An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas.
An unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California.
An unincorporated community in Osceola County, Florida.
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Illinois.
A census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois.
A town in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana.

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A town in Somerset County, Maine.
An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland.
A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
An unincorporated community in Quinton Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
A township and census-designated place therein, in Warren County, New Jersey.
A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
A town in Iredell County, North Carolina.
An unincorporated community in Clark County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
A borough and historic district in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
A village and census-designated place in Providence County, Rhode Island.
An unincorporated community in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Grover, Marinette County, Wisconsin.
A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
An unincorporated community in Albany County, Wyoming.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Harmony Township.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Harmony

Harmony (uncountable)

(slang) The ship of characters Harry Potter and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series.
- Oh that is bloody priceless, unfortunately I've seen some of the Harmony shippers' rants and that little piece of creative fiction could really be considered understating some of the reactions that were areound^([sic]) on some forums after the HBP release.2006 June 16, Deevo [username], “Re: OT - but not by far: Shippers and fan-ficcers and psychos, oh, brother...”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet)
- Did you see where that retarded fucker Emerson Spaz ^([sic]) "that the Harmony shippers were (and still are) delusional. It's Romione all the way!" […]2014 February 8, Darryl Homo Forests, “Re: Rowling Admits H/Hr was Better”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet)
Synonyms:

H/H, H/Hr

harmony meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

harmony in Hindi

agreement or accord: संधि sandhi, सद्भाव sadbhāv
pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds: समन्वय samanvay, सामंजस्य sāmañjasya
music: the academic study of chords: स्वर-संगति svar-saṅgti

harmony in Tamil

agreement or accord: இணக்கம் iṇakkam, நல்லிணக்கம் nalliṇakkam, இசைவு icaivu, இசை icai
pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds: இசை icai

harmony in Marathi

harmony: सुसंवाद susauvād, संगती saṅgtī

harmony in Urdu

harmony, melody: سر sur
harmony: راگ rāg

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harmony in Bengali: সাদৃশ্য, সঙ্গতি, ঐকতান, মিল
harmony in Telugu: ఏకతాళము ēkatāḷamu, జతి jati
harmony in Malayalam: ഇണക്കം iṇakkaṁ
harmony in Kannada: ಇಂಚರ, ಮಧುರ ಸ್ವರ, ಇಂಪಾದ ನಾದ, ಮಾಧುರ್ಯ
harmony in Gujarati: સંવાદિતા, સુમેળ
harmony in Odia: ସୌହାର୍ଦ୍ଦ୍ଯ଼
harmony in Sanskrit: राग rāga, संधि saṃdhi, ऐक्य aikya
harmony in Nepali: सद्भाव
harmony in Arabic: اِنْسِجَام insijām, تَوَافُق tawāfuq, تَنَاغُم tanāḡum
harmony in Indonesian: keselarasan
harmony in Persian: هارمونی hârmoni
harmony in Thai: ความบรรสาน
harmony in Vietnamese: điều hoà, hài hoà, hoà thuận

Examples of harmony in a sentence

The first four desks of cellos play separate parts, making a lush, Impressionist harmony.
The goal of this interconfessional endeavour is to bring harmony and understanding between these disparate churches.
Vowel harmony is an important aspect of Mongolian.

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Synonyms of harmony

H/H
H/Hr

Forms of harmony

plural	harmonies

Plural of harmony: harmonies

Origin of harmony

From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie, armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”), either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “to fit together”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”). First attested in 1602. Doublet of harmonia.

From harmony.

Blend of Harry + Hermione, based on the common noun harmony.

Words that rhyme with harmony

Questions about harmony

What does harmony mean?: Harmony means agreement or accord.
What is harmony in Hindi?: Harmony in Hindi is संधि (sandhi), सद्भाव (sadbhāv), समन्वय (samanvay). See Harmony meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is harmony?: Harmony can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce harmony?: Harmony is pronounced /ˈhɑːmə.ni/ (UK).
What is the plural of harmony?: The plural of harmony is harmonies.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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